Hubby killed a snake yesterday!! What kind was it? pic added

[redhen]

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yes it does.

then its a milk snake.. we had one here last year too....

 

[grammy of David]

I KILL ALL SNAKES THAT ARE TRYING TO GET INTO MY GUINEA HOUSE, BECAUSE THEY WILL EAT YOUR EGGS AND BABIES.....WELL OF COURSE NOT TINY GARTER SNAKES, BUT THEY ARE BRIGHTLY COLORED! I HAD A BULL SNAKE TRY TO COME IN THE HOUSE THROUGH THE WATER/SWAMP COOLER LAST SUMMER....YUP HE IS DEAD

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[shay20]

Ok so then it is a milk snake, but still i dont want it near my coops, some of my chickens free range amongst all the coops, ok well i have so many coops with there own runs, and then ALL of those are also extra fenced in and thats where this snake was and where some of my chickens room, and my little seramas and oegbs, i dont want snakes around, soooooo anything i can do to make them NOT around?
oh yea, i am going to end up dreaming of snakes becouse of this.

last night i dreamed that something got it and got a hold of my white phoenix.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

The best way to discourage snakes is to keep your property clear of brush, debries piles, rock piles, etc., Keep things mowed, and minimize cover for the snakes. Snakes don't like to move through cleared areas where they are easily seen by hawks. Keep the areas around the base of buildings mowed & weeded. Finally, if you have rodents, get rid of the infestation. Most snakes come onto people's property because they have been attracted to the rodents living there. If you have rats or mice around your coop, snakes will be attracted to them.

You may be interested to know that at our place, we have installed brush piles, water sources, etc., because we want more snakes to live on our property. We just can't get enough of them.

 

[OccamsTazer]

I personally like seeing the non-venomous guys, most of them don't care to share their space with things like rattlesnakes and copperheads.
You might get rid of the good guys, and get some worse new neighbors

 

[Alabama ee]

Here's some pictures of copperhead's. Color can vary.

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/2008_0526hellhole0074m.jpg
http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/copperhead_301r.jpg
http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/copperhead12.jpg
http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/images/DSCF6620m.jpg

This one shows the head
http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/copper.html

If it had a triangular head..poisonous. Copperheads bite more people than any other poisonous snake in the USA.

 

[Leasa79]

I am in Pepperell, next town over, and we are huge herpers. We own two corn snakes, Striker the corn is the snake in your picture. They are totally harmless, and make amazing pets. They will also help keep your yard free of rodents who will prey on eggs, chicks and will attack adult chickens, more so than most snakes. The statement about clearing the yard if you do not want snakes there is the best way to keep them out. I would also check for a rodent issue, and take steps to remove them(you can try spreading out moth balls in place you see droppings, and cover all food outside), thus removing the snakes. We have a happy balance, snakes and cats keep things in check, and I have yet to lose any chicks/chickens to anything more than dogs. We are an area without a leash law, so, the neighbors beagle is more a threat than the corn or milks living under my deck. 31 yrs here, and never ever seen a Copperhead or Timber Rattlesnake. They are very, very, very limited in our area, and it is also not a good temp time for them. The rest of them tend to swarm when the barn down the street leaves their horse feed bins open, spilled, or just a mess, drawing in all the rats and mice.
Liz

 

[dieselgrl48]

Poisionous snakes have vertical slanted iris *IE* copperhead and rattlesnakes most common to US.Any snakebite however can cause infection's to the bite site with enough present bacteria.We have seen and killed a few smaller copperhead's here over 6 year's but no Rattler's yet but they are known here in the wooded area's.We don't take any chance's with most snake's here now with the grandbaby walking now this year and the bird's and the other critter's.I did let a 5 inch stripped garter snake go in garden last year.We had some kind of large grey snakes in creek when We first came here but they seemed docile and didnt have according to snake website poisionous eyes.The year We got all the duck's those snakes went away.Never saw a snake in ANY of my coops EVER.Guess I Had a couple Killer roo's then too lol.Gonna be on watch though getting nice here and grass growing. Here's pic of a baby copperhead one of my cats brought me 3 years ago.

 

[shay20]

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We keep our feed in our kitchen. i have 5 cats plus 3 neighbor cats around, i have not seen any rodents( yet) well one cat brought home a mole yesterday.

if i get rid of all snakes , will i end up with rodents?

 

[shay20]

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ok, aghhhhh does this one look like yours? i think it looks identical.